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2012 QUARTER HORSE SEASON STAKES
SCHEDULE FEATURES 44 RACES, TOTAL ESTIMATED PURSES OVER $5 MILLION
OKLAHOMA CITY – Dec. 22, 2011 - Remington Park’s lucrative 2012 American Quarter
Horse & Mixed-breed Season gets underway on March 2. The season features a
44-stakes race schedule with 23 graded races, 13 of them Grade 1, and an overall
estimated worth of $5,025,000. The richest event on the calendar is the Grade 1,
$1,000,000 Heritage Place Futurity on May 26.
Once again, Remington Park is proud to host numerous futurities including three
major Quarter Horse events. The historic Grade 3, $325,000 (estimated) Oklahoma
Futurity at 300 yards takes place on St. Patrick’s Day, Saturday, March 17.
In April, Oklahoma-breds are featured in the $750,000 (estimated) Remington Park
Futurity. The richest state-bred event in track history will be contested at
330-yards on Saturday, April 14.
The Grade 1, $1,000,000 Heritage Place Futurity will culminate the Quarter Horse
futurity schedule. Run for the fifth consecutive year for at least a million
dollars, the Heritage Place Futurity has produced such stars as Stolis Winner
(2008) who went on the win the All American Futurity that year, on his way to
becoming the sport’s all-time richest runner.
The 3-year-old Quarter Horses will have their time alongside their 2-year-old
counterparts in derbies held on the same programs as the top futurities. The
$135,000 (estimated) Oklahoma Derby will be run at 350 yards on March 17. Top
Oklahoma-bred 3-year-olds will compete in the $250,000 (estimated) Remington
Park Derby on April 14 at 400 yards. Then, on the final weekend of the season,
the Grade 1, $275,000 (estimated) Heritage Place Derby will be run at 400 yards
on May 26.
Great pride is taken in presenting a solid series of races for older horses at
Remington Park. The 2012 season stakes schedule gets underway on Opening Weekend
with the Grade 1, $50,000 Eastex Handicap at 350 yards, beginning the series of
races for older horses. The Grade 1, $100,000 Leo Stakes helps wrap the month,
at 400 yards on March 24.
April features the Grade 2, $50,000 Bob Moore Memorial Stakes at 300 yards on
April 14. Older Oklahoma-bred horses have an opportunity in the restricted Grade
1, $100,000 Sooner State Stakes at 400 yards on April 28. May brings a pair of
superb events with the Grade 2, $110,000 (estimated) Bank of America Remington
Park Challenge Championship on May 6 followed by the richest race for
3-year-olds and older in the season. The Grade 1, $250,000 Remington Park
Championship, an invitational event, will be run on May 27. The race winner will
receive a berth to the prestigious $750,000 Champion of Champions at Los
Alamitos in southern California in December.
Both the Bank of America Remington Park Challenge Championship and the Remington
Park Championship are contested at 440 yards.
Fillies and mares will again have a set of races just for them with the Grade 3,
$50,000 Decketta Stakes at 350 yards on March 24; the $50,000 (estimated) Merial
Remington Park Distaff Challenge on May 6 and the Grade 3, $50,000 Junos Request
Stakes on May 26. The latter two races are at 400 yards.
Remington Park also features a set of stakes races geared to the longer distance
group including the Grade 3, $50,000 Pauls Valley Handicap on April 1; the Grade
3, $55,000 (estimated) Red Cell Remington Park Distance Challenge on May 6 and
the Grade 3, $50,000 Remington Park Distance Handicap on Memorial Day Monday,
May 28, the final day of the season.
Paints and Appaloosas will also be featured in futurities, derbies and older
horse stakes events throughout the season. The Grade 1, $85,000 (estimated)
Oklahoma Paint Futurity at 300 yards on March 17 will begin the run of stakes
events for Paints and/or Appaloosas. That same night the Grade 1, $60,000
(estimated) Graham Paint & Appaloosa Derby will be run at 350 yards.
The Paint Stallion Breeders’ Association races will once again take place in
April. The Grade 1, $85,000 (estimated) American Paint Classic Futurity at 350
yards will be contested on April 21. On the same night, the Grade 1, $40,000
(estimated) American Paint Derby will be run at 400 yards. The rich Grade 1,
$250,000 (estimated) Graham Paint & Appaloosa Futurity will be run at 350 yards
on May 26.
Older Paints and Appaloosas will also have their stakes attempts with the Grade
1, $35,000 Mister Lewie Memorial Handicap at 400 yards on April 14 and the Grade
1, $30,000 National Cowboy & Western Heritage Museum Stakes at 440 yards on May
19.
The $25,000 Americana Stakes, for 2-year-old Appaloosas, will be featured at 330
yards on April 21.
The Remington Park stakes schedule also includes an encompassing set of 18
stakes races just for eligible Oklahoma-breds. The feature afternoon of
Oklahoma-bred stakes races will fall on Sunday, May 20. There are six stakes
that afternoon to showcase the top state-breds, four divisional events worth
$30,000, followed by a pair of restricted Grade 3, $50,000 races in the Easy Jet
Stakes for 2-year-olds and the Jack Brooks Stakes for 3-year-olds, both at 350
yards.
Regular post times for the 2012 American Quarter Horse & Mixed-breed Season at
Remington Park will be 6pm on Thursdays, Fridays and Saturdays and 1:30pm on
Sundays.
Open daily at 10am for casino gaming and simulcast racing, Remington Park also
features the Bricktown Brewery on the casino floor. Admission, general parking
and valet parking are always free at Remington Park.
Remington Park is Oklahoma City’s only Racetrack & Casino, located at the
junction of Interstates 35 & 44, in the heart of the Oklahoma City Adventure
District. For more information, reservations and group bookings please call
405-424-1000, 866-456-9880 or visit
remingtonpark.com .
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